Remember Me?

 

First of all...I CANNOT wait to tell you all about my dream wedding!

Second....This is the first time I have had the wherewithal to type coherent sentences.

Third...I burned my bottom lip:(.

Coming home tomorrow and I have decided to spend two weeks showing you ONLY pictures from the wedding. Youcanthankmelater.

Love,

MarriedButStillCrazyCowLady

What I Love About Cows

Hey! Guess what?

 

Yesterday was National Ag. Day!
..Like agriculture...
..Like big fields of corn, windrows of hay, udders full of milk...
Did you celebrate?
Wha?
Celebrate! You know, throw a party?  Toast to "Agriculture!"??
...Did you eat?
Then you celebrated!  I appreciate that.

You know what I love about cows?
Every goll-darned thing.
Yep.
Fo sho.

Their wet, slimy, feed-covered noses.

How if you're standing in front of them when they eat, they cough and blow feed all over you.

How soft the skin on their neck is, especially when they bend it and it wrinkles...

The way their legs are covered in clay mud after you let them play outside for the day...

 

If there's mud to be found, rest assured they will find it.

How freaked out they get when you get into their pen, only to turn around ten minutes later and try to eat your hair...

 

The raucous fights they have using their heads as weapons..

 

Ever been hit by one of those things?
Picture a Mini Cooper head-butting you.

How innocent and sweet they are as calves..

..With no sense of direction.

Their eyes..

Their big, beautiful bodies that make them seem untouchable...

When really they are some of the most unassuming creatures you will ever meet.

I love cows:).

Thanks for supporting agriculture!

Love,
FulfilledCow Lady

Tito Vogue

 Yesterday morning I walked into Tim's shop to realize that I was witness to an impromptu photo shoot starring Tito..

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Having never been lucky enough to sit in on one of these, I quietly stepped aside and watched as the subject took direction...

 ...and balked at a request...
Cats can be so argumentative.

 Tito, the star, refused to do anything claiming "model block"..
However, when he was promised a cup of warm milk, he warmed up a little himself....

 You mean like zeeeessss??

 How about I dance like en da clubs....

 Oooopszees, I fall out ze wendo...

 Look at all ze pretty furs, I am so pretty..

Now, where's the milk?

Typical demanding model.

Love,

CatWalkCowLady

What I'm Here For

Those of you who don't have children...(everyone else just nod..)..
Do you occasionally get a glimpse of what your future holds?
Maybe in grocery store when the double-wide shopping cart, being pushed by the angry-looking woman with a child strapped to her back, one in the basket, and two in the toy car below the cart, threatens to run you into the canned foods...so you inadvertent hold your breath as you go by, hoping to not catch the "pregnant" bug?
..Not that I do that...

I feel like I get glimpses like that at work, when things like this happen...

  

Yeah, that's her bucket holder around her neck.

To enrich the quality of the situation, I'll show you this one...

Not only is she sucking on the water hose...it's a perfect shot of her predicament.

How?

Why?

I don't even ask anymore, I just hook my fingers in and pull.

I try not to over analyze but, really we all know what's going on here.

I'm being groomed.

While kids are hopefully in my future, I have a few years to go before I get there...

 

Which is good, because there are so many other places they could get their head stuck.

I should have been a fireman.

Love,

NeededCowLady

Ellies Birthday, and Judging Books ..

 Remember Beenie's dog Smellie?

 It's her birthday!!

 

Happy birthday Ellie May!!!

What a dog.

Speaking of flowers..

 

...are you finished with yours???

Just wondering, because InCaseYouDidn'tKnow we are 7 DAYS AWAY!!!

Can I get an Amen?

Thank goodness, she will stop talking about it soon!
Yes, I will.

ACTually I will rightnow.

Would you like to know an up-side to being a bovine representative?

(That's my technical name.)

(Not really.)

(Don't believe me.)

One of the up-sides, because there are SO many, is how you look after work.

You know, feed and other things in your hair, manure/blood/mud stains on your jeans, holes in your jeans holes in your shirts from getting caught on barbed wire fences, the "tired" face, and let's not forget the SMELL.

Eu de Bovine.

(Still beats the zoo smell, yuck.)

If you are a bovine representative like me, or perhaps an equine rep, then you also know that after work the last thing you want to do is go home, shower and get gussied up before running errands.

Pffftttt!

When this gal goes to the house, she doesn't want to leave...remember that.

Therefore, places that I frequent have come to know me and what I do...

Oh, there's Rachael...she's a farmer or something...

That girl comes in here every week and looks like she sleeps in a barn...

Some of the grocery store cashiers think I work at the Co-op, even though I have told them a hundred times that I do not.

Whatever.

Sure, I get looks when I go grocery shopping after an entire day of business meetings, but I have come to ignore them.

Perusing the meat selection with manure on your jeans makes some kind of statement...trust me.

Believe me when I tell you that the looks I received the past 2 times I have gone by the mall after work, take the cake.

You know, I am sort of waist deep in this planning stuff and there are still things I need to get..like neckties.

So...I stopped by the mall yesterday to grab a tie.

Instead I grabbed a lot of attention.

Evidently one needs to dress up when they go to the local mall, where the only thing keeping the entire place in business is the Chick-fil-A.

Yes, they do have a brand new movie theater but I wonder if there are as many parking spaces as there are seats?

Normally I catch a look out of the corner of my eye and I keep on moving.

Yesterday it was hard to move past the blatant stares.

 What?

Before I left I stopped to try on a pair of shoes.

Reaaallly cute shoes.

I like shoes.

I do occasionally go places where I could wear cute shoes.

So I asked the sales lady for my size in a pair of heels.

I have heels.

This isn't like Elly May Clampett moves to the big city.

So she brings me my shoes, and asks if I need help putting them on.

No, thanks though.

Then she hovers over me and asks what I do.

So I tell her...while trying to ignore the fact that she is staring straight at me.

She asks me if I like them.

Yes, very much!

Then.She.said...

"You know, shoes like that are hard to walk in.  They are expensive too.  You probably shouldn't get them unless you have something really special to wear them to.  I mean, since you wouldn't wear them often with your job and all..."

I smiled, took of the shoe, gave it a last look and put it in the box.

With a smile fixed on my face, I approached her, extended the shoe box and said...

"You're right.  I don't know what I was thinking.  Maybe if my job required me to dress nice, and do a tenth of the work I do now, I could justify buying these shoes.  But I don't want your job."

As soon as I saw her comprehend what I said, I let go of the box and, still smiling, left the store.

There's a thought.

Love,

YourLocalBovineRepresentative

Bruce Springsteen Jeans

Over the weekend I got a little crazytown about the upcoming events.
I couldn't help it, it just happened.

I called Chuck at 8:30 am on Saturday, knowing he would not be awake, and proceeded to berate him with questions about the suits his groomsmen will be wearing....BecauseWeAreDownToTheWIRE!!!!

He told me about what he had gotten when he went to get Caden sized, and did it in a very understanding way...like "I understand my fiance is crazy and is scares me" sort of way.
Then he hung up and I felt bad.
So I walked out in the field and checked on my new baby....

 

She's a cutie, huh?

I am really not stressing about the wedding, at least not as much as people think.
I am, however, stressing about;
1. Leaving Teddie in charge for a week
2.  Buying a house...it's not like a pack of gum, people.
3.  Leaving Teddie in charge, without BossMan and the Heat there
4.  Moving as soon as we get back
5.  And...leaving Teddie in charge

As far as the wedding goes, I just need to not forget to take the important things the way I forgot to wear makeup out to dinner the other night.
Ooops.

Honestly, my mind is in a thousand different places so doing anything not routine is a stretch.
That includes wearing makeup.

I don't wear it unless I am going out to eat or somewhere people would mind cow smell.
But every day?  Heck no.
"Makeup" for me is mascara, maybe some powder, maybe some blush, and maybe some eyeshadow.
Depends on how I feel.

Saturday night Chuck, Caden and I were headed to meet Saigon for dinner and I suddenly realized I didn't put on makeup.
Ugh.
No, I don't think I have to have it, I just think it helps make me look less tired.

When I don't have it on, people tend to give me the "oh, you look tired", "is everything OK?" all while giving me the "sad eyes".
So, I wear makeup.

Chuck responded with, "but you're wearing lip gloss"...
OK, Chapstick does NOT qualify as lip gloss, ThankYouVeryMuch.

Then I looked at what he was wearing and said, "Hey, I haven't seen those jeans before".
Chuck told me he didn't wear them because he doesn't like them and I fully understood.
This man has literally decades of clothing in his closet.

Going to a throwback party?  The man has got you covered.

We went to an "ugly Christmas sweater" party 2 years ago and he won, because he just happened to have a green turtleneck, you know the kind you fold down, and some GREEN pleated front pants...and a woven belt.

Sometimes I get a glimpse of "Slater" from Saved By The Bell when I look in his closet.
 ..he swears it will all "come back in style".

I so love this man.

So there we were at dinner.
Bruce Springsteen and his hard-livin' lady.

Then yesterday at Church I realized the importance of what happened Saturday night.

Our Pastor Brad was talking about marriage and how important it is to not put on heirs about yourself, especially in the beginning of the relationship.
I mean, let's face it, you aren't always going to be dressed to impress, and looks definitely change.
So BE YOURSELF!

The first "outing" Chuck and I EVER went on happened after we had been talking for a few days.
I met him, after BREEDING 23 HEIFERS, at Dairy Queen for some much needed ice cream.

It was late, I smelled of bovine, and it didn't matter.

We stood outside around the flatbed and talked until after they closed.

The heart doesn't need eyes to love.
(Or a nose for that matter;).

Love,
CowLady

P.s. I fully intend on taking some throwback pics while we pack.
P.p.s. He still has a tri-color Tommy Hilfiger sweater...NeedISayMore?

Goodness Gracious

Goodness gracious do we have a lot to do!

 

Don't act like you've never met me before..pull your big kid britches up and let's go!

We have exactly one week until we leave for some weddin' down in Flo-rida, and all you wanna do is bake!
OK, you're right. 
You're absolutely right, all I wanna do is bake..

It calms me.
But I'll stop...until we return.

I made 40 of these little pink pretties for a baby shower thrown by my friend Paige...

 

They are chocolate, with toasted marshmallow buttercream on the inside and pink vanilla buttercream on top!
...and sanding sugar...and sprinkles..

 

I love love love making things.
But I'm going to stop...I heard ya already!

Let's talk about something else..how about that tornado yesterday?!
We got a lot of wind and rain, but no damage...we are very lucky.

I have spent the morning pulling feed-crispies out of my eyes, as a result from loading feed in the "wind-tunnel" that was yesterday.
You should have seen the cloud of hominy, mineral, distillers, etc come out of my hair when I took it down last night!
-Could have fed a zoo.

By the way, for anyone who was concerned about my milk drop..I have recovered all but 500 lbs of it.
Which is good.
That means my cows are getting what they need out of their feed, resulting in my sanity returning more milk production.
This is a good thing, now I can think about other things that I need to do.

...Like get ready to leave town for a week.

OH! NotToMention, we are now officially under contract on a house!!!
Hooray!

So, if I seem a bit "off" or "someplace else" then it's because I am overwhelmed with things right now.

-I have to get my cows straightened out before I leave..
-Have to stock up on supplies, medicine, etc...
-Need to go to Hobby Lobby so I can wander around aimlessly for an hour before I remember that I did not go there for yard ornaments...
-Put name tags on the flowers for the seating at the reception...
-Get ties for the groomsmen...
-Nail down the menu for the reception...
-PACK!

OH...and thinkAboutMovingWhenWeReturn.

Baking a cake would be so much easier...

Love,
OverwhelmedCowLady